Oil-can



(No Model.)

M. L COBB.

OIL C N.

Patented Feb. 13, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIA L. COBB, OF NATIGK, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-CAN.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 272,030, dated February 13, 1883.

7 Application filed January 2, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIA LOUISA UOBB, of Natick, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of oilcans which are used for filling lamps, and has for its object to combine with any of these cans a drainage-well for the temporary reception of the burner and wick when the same are removed from the lamp, as is done in case of filling or cleansing the lamp, so that any drip- .pings from the wick will be received by the well, and thence returned to the can. This object I attain by the-mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section, showing a can embodying myinvention and Fig. 2 is aplan of the same.

In the drawings, A representsthe body of the can, which may be made in any convenient style, and of any desired material or materials, andisprovidedwith theordinarypouring-spout B and cap G. I

D represents a tube, made large enoughto receive the ordinary larger-sized burner, and

sufficiently deep to receive the wick of the same, as shown in Fig. 1. This tube D and its connecting parts embody my invention, and I will proceed to describe it more in detail. It is connected to the can preferably near the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, and has an inolined bottom, D, with a small orifice, E, to allow the dripping of the wick to drain into the body of the can A.

K K K are made at difi'erent distances from the well D to accommodate different-sized burners-as, for instance, the wheel of the smallest'burner would fit in the nearest opening, K, while that of the largest burner would be accommodated by the opening K The use of my invention is this: When it is desirable to fill a lamp, its burner and wick are removed and placed in the well D, and its wheel L placed in one of the grooves KK K Then the user can grasp the handle N by the fingers, and the wheel L by the thumb, as shown in Fig. 1,-and with the hand in this position may be able to use the can for filling the lamp, and at the same time securely hold the burner in place.

In case a can is so made that it is not convenient to use thethumb for holding the wheel L, then a spring may be substituted for the thumb of the user.

I claim--- In an oil-can, the combination of the dripwell D and burner-holding mechanism H K K K substantially" as described, and for the purpose set forth.

" MARIA LOUISA COBB. Witnesses:

HELEN M. FEEGAN, FRANK G. PARKER. 

